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This summer the idea of start looking for a job was sort of uncomfortable. It was not too excited about looking for a new job because despite of the gratitude I have towards my first graphic design job; which was just this past summer. The experience was not what I expected, and yes; it was a rewarding experience, rewarding in the sense that it helped me grow, thought me how to be more marketable, and I gained a lot organization skills. However, It was not creatively fulfilling. That is one thing, but another factor was that the abundant of work that school gave me, had left me with no time to actually start applying for jobs, I did not wanted to just apply anywhere. So I really wanted to research the places I was going to apply for. In my head I had planned to search for studios with a culture around their work.

a place with an environment that was creatively appealing, and work that its intellectually engaging. At first, I thought finding this place with a cool vibe and great work was just asking for too much. To tell truth I have found a handful places like that in DC. But my schedule is still very odd. I have one more semester left to complete in school. hopefully things go smoothly this spring in the Corcoran and I am done with school. In the bright side I have been freelancing since I left my my first job and I have met some great people because of it, and this sumer they got me so busy, I can not complaint. The best part of this freelance jobs is that the work is fun and I am learning from it. Right now I am working half-time in two places:

Onomonomedia

I met these people through a friend from school, they area a company that rent a Photo Booth that they designed and put together for all sort of social events. The company has some presence in other cities like Miami, Los Angeles, and New York, but they are based here in DC. One of the perks of working in this place is the amount of event I get to be aware of and also get the chance to attend. I also like the work I am doing here. For instance, right now I am working in redesigning the interface of their Photo Boot, these are some screens I have already done.

This is one of the things that is fun about it, it turns the pictures you take into a animated GIF.

These I have not designed but they are the people I work with in DC.
Estas personas son con las que trabajo en Onomonomedia.

Dave, the CEO and a very cool guy.

Kin, getting affection from a girl. He does sales.

Queen, he is an engineer.

Rennzer

The other place I am working at is an agency in Dupont Circle called Rennzer, I met the CEO, Omid; a good friend of mine, when he hired me for a branding project while working at another company. The place is relatively new, they do UI/UX work, but they want to expand and do more than that. I like the environment in this place because is very entrepreneurial and ambitious. I am excited about the product development projects that we are working on, and I am learning about UI the best way possible, working in real projects.

I can not show the UI work we have been doing because the job is for a client in the private sector. But, I can show some of the the other work I have been doing. For example, I was asked to work in their identity. I thought that was just the coolest thing - branding an agency I think just look hot in a portfolio- So this is some of my process for their branding.

This other logo is the identity I designed for one of the products we are working on, and expecting to lunch soon. I will show more process of this job t in my next post. The post will be a tutorial of how to make this logo using Illustrator.

So, that has been so far what I have been doing this summer. The places I am freelancing for seem promising in the fact that they both are looking to scale. For me that is great because they have the potential to turn into full-time jobs. If that is the case, I would not have to keep looking for a studio job; which I do not mind, at least until I am not completely out of school.Bueno, eso a sido por el momento lo que eh estado haciendo este verano. Los lugares en los que estoy trabajando se ven alentadores por el echo de que tienen intenciones de exapandirse y crecer como negocio. Para mi es excelente porque de esa forma tienen el potential de volverse trabajos de tiempo completo, y si fuera así no tendria que seguir buscando trabajo en alguna agencia o estudio, lo cual no me parece nada mal. Por lo menos mientras sigo estudiando.